The British celebrity restaurateur said he got the skin cancer removed, sharing a picture showing a line of stitches from his earlobe to his neck.

British celebrity chef and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay shared Saturday on Instagram that he was diagnosed with skin cancer, which he said he got removed.

The fiery 58-year-old TV personality shared a picture of a bandage over part of his face and neck, and another showing a line of stitches from his earlobe to the top of his neck.

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    always look for ABCDE of any moles. it works for non-melanoma cancers too, but with the leisons because they dont come from moles. any suspicious bleeding, or flaking lesion, or suddenly growing should be checked asap.

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    I forget which one of Ramsey’s shows it was, but the one with ABC kitchen in phoenix. When he found out that the owners took all the servers tips he took a server out back, gave her like $20 and was like “that is for you. Do not let them know.” And prior to this I thought he was some megalomaniac asshole. His tough guy asshole thing was just an act for the camera. He actually seems to be a nice guy.

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    Or wear layers, if you have the endurance for it a leather jacket can prevent you from getting burnt if not cooked. This coming from a Southern Californian of primarily Scottish and Irish descent, my kin have been here for 150 years.

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    Great reminder. I’ve had skin cancer a couple of times and I’m far from what you’d call the outdoorsy type. Caught early, it’s a very manageable condition. Keep an eye on your moles and if any start changing quickly, schedule a dermatology exam. I get annual checkups.

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      i had a nevus spilus check, because it was growing since teens, the derm looked with the scope and dint think it was anything atypical. it is growing slowly though.

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        ABCDE. also non-melanoma skin cancers are more common. like bcc and SCC, but less likely to spread than melanoma, BCC is the one that is the most “benign” SCC is the same, but depending on where its forming from.

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    All I can think of is his main career… that is him shitting on other human beings and making a career out of it… a kitchen is hell… mostly because of him.

    He basically is known for making a kitchen a space of abuse…

    But he was nice to kids… Then he was horrible to adults. So it’s all excused…

    Now he has cancer… what should I think beyond a horrible pos person is nearing the end of their life?

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      It’s American television. You want to see less hamming it up for the reality TV audiences, check out the original docuseries Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, as opposed to his US shows.

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          Yes, it’s American, so it’s fake and loud and amped up to a billion. It’s not nice to watch. Ramsay has actually apologised and reflected on his part in shaping kitchen culture negatively through those shows.

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              IDK if he asked for a pass. Ever done something you regret? Could go public about its regrettability w/o expecting much in the way of kudos.

              Generally I’d argue we wanna seriously encourage recognizing apologies b/c on average maybe folks don’t apologize or see their faults and especially trying to right wrongs is excellent compared to the alternative (snobby pigheaded “I did nothing wrong, they’re just being jerks / they don’t know what they’re talking about” attitudes)

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      a kitchen is hell… mostly because of him.

      As someone who used to work in kitchens before his show was a thing, there’s always been abusive assholes there.

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      Pretty sure it is a display of what most kitchens are: a high pressure environment where everything must work right. In particular in higher tier establishments.

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          We could diagnose it just fine in the 70’s here in Denmark

          Shut your armchair misinformation ass up.

          In the 70s Denmark didn’t have dermoscopy, digital mole mapping, or modern melanoma drugs… Early cases were often missed and late cases were basically untreatable, so pretending diagnosis and treatment were ‘just fine’ back then is pure revisionist nonsense.

          Already had you tagged as ‘fuckstick.’ looks like it wasn’t a one-off.

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            i had a derm once at kaiser check my nevus spilus once, because it was growing in size and adding more spots. melanoma doesnt always have to be a sun-caused mole. but it could be a plain flat brown staining too.

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              Why the aggression?

              Because you’re spreading healthcare misinformation that could literally get someone killed.

              Here’s where I block you because I don’t want to be in a community with people that remind me of RFK Jr.

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                No I’m not, where is the risk of getting killed when I CLEARLY warn against getting sunburn, which is the main cause for skin cancer!! And is the exclusive reason sunscreen is beneficial from a health standpoint and recommended by dermatologists.

                Dermatologists do not recommend sun screen to stay longer in the sun, they recommend it to avoid sunburn.

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              It’s always the sign of the bad faith arguer to throw decorum and impropriety at their opponent whenever they refuse to tolerate absolute clear and objective bullshit.

              You don’t get to play a victim here. You are spreading misinformation and you know it. Or you don’t and that just makes you a willing dupe.

              So no, I think his response was well with the polite decorum afforded a peddler of dogshit. An idiot trying to take everyone else down with them.

              The time for tolerating bullshit alternative science peddlers is over.

              You can go fuck a duck. I’m exhausted by people like you over the years. You want to feel special, like you know something more than everyone else and this somehow gives you permission to challenge established data and science with you “opinions”.

              Fuck all the way off. The time for a concerted public backlash against people like you is at hand. I’m so fucking tired of idiots feeling like they deserve equal time with experts.

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      In the 70’s skin cancer was rare

      Was skin cancer rare? Or were skin cancer diagnoses rare? I worry that you may be presenting the same flawed arguments that we see used to promote claims of an “autism epidemic”.

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      Is it possible that we get less natural UV protection from the atmosphere now? I’m just making a wild guess but we’ve had so many environmental changes and climate change has made summers so much more severe.

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        Yeah, that was one of the things with the cfcs causing damage to the ozone layer. I would also say a lot more pollution (including microplastics) just generally everywhere, clothing showing off more skin, and that smoking isnt causing other things first.

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          The ozone layer is generally back in place because that was like the last time an industry agreed to cease its harmful climate change inducing behaviors.

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            It isn’t actually. It stopped getting worse and is very slowly recovering. The hole is still mostly there and many parts of the ozone layer are still thinner.